Newspaper-holder.



No. 892,738. PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

- J. N. KING.

NEWSPAPER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.18,1908.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR 6am "M37740 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH NOYES KING, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK L.

. BOPPE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

NEWSPAPER-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH NOYES KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in News aper- Holders and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a holder for newspapers, and is designed to provide an article of this class that can be set on a table or elsewhere, and that is adapted to hold a newspaper by compressing it between arms, and compressing it in a curved grasp so as to simulate the holding of a newspaper by hand, and this curving of the paper at the bottom, combined with the compressing of it, causes the newspaper inits folded shape to stand substantially erect.

This invention is designed to provide a holder that is used by folks who are engaged in something else besides reading, such as business men reading while at their meals, and it can be shifted about and takes up very little space, and it is also well adapted for use by invalids or people who have not the strength to continually hold a paper in place.

The invention has a heavy base to counteract the tendency of a newspaper pulling the device over, since the paper is preferably placed at a slight angle so as to make the reading of it easy.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front view of the holder, and Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the holder, the grasping arms being shown in section, the view also illustrating a newspaper held in the holder.

The holder consists of a base 10 which is made heavy so that it is not easily tilted over, and it has secured thereon a plate 11, this securing being either by soldering 01:, any other process, and the lower end of the plate 11 is preferably secured between the lugs 12 on the base 10. The plate 11 has, on the top thereof, oppositely extending arms 12, the Whole device thus forming an approximately Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 18, 1908.

Patented July '7, 1908.

Serial No. 416,456.

T shaped structure. The plate 11 is preferably made with its upper edge at a slant away from the vertical, so that the newspaper, when held, will be at an angle to the eye and at an easy position to be read. The arms 12, which are rigidly secured to the plate 11 and preferably integral therewith, are curved. Secured to the back of the plate 11, on the pivot 13, is a lever 14 forming a finger piece for its operation and it has an upwardly extending portion 15 which is provided, on opposite sides, with the arms 16. These arms 16 are curved approximately parallel with the arms 12; the arms 12 being rigid, and the arms 16 movable or adjustable inrelation to the arms 12, they can be used to grasp a newspaper either thin or thick, and hold it with its bottom curved, slightly, to give astiffness to the whole paper. The pressure to hold the paper compressed is caused preferably bya spring 17 installed between the movable lever 14 and the plate 1 1.

It will be readily seen that if a newspa er were held flat, particularly if it were a t in paper, it would unbuckle and fall over near the grasping arms if it were moved out of the perpendicular, or if it were in an air current.

The present structure overcomes this difliculty by holding the paper in a grasp that simulates the grasp by a human hand, and the paper is held in roper position and shape for easy reading. n Fig. 3 the newspa er 18 is illustrated folded, and this figure a so illustrates that the paper is held against tilting backward by reason of the lever 14 having its portion 15, and conse uently its spring a'rms, extending u higher t an the arms 12 of the plate 1 1 so that the top edge of the paper is thrown slightly forward to cause a curvature in the aper, both ina perpendicular direction an a horizontal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A holder for newspapers comprising a pair of arms in pivoted relation, the free ends of the arms bein curved in a direction substantially parallel with the pivot.

2. A newspaper holder comprising a pair of curved arms adapted to grasp a folded newspaper between them, and means for supporting the grasping arms so as to dis ose ithe newspaper slightly out of the perpenr icu- 3. A newspaper holder comprising a base,

a plate secured thereto and having projecting arms, and a second pair of arms pivoted so as to cooperate with the first pair of arms to grasp and hold a folded newspaper between them.

4. A newspaper holder comprising a base having a plate with a pair of curved arms proj ecting therefrom, a pair of similarly curved arms pivoted to the device and adapted to cooperate with the first pair of arms to grasp a newspaper between them, the arms being disposed to hold the newspaper slightly out of the perpendicular.

5. A newspaper holder comprising a base, a plate extending therefrom and having its end slightly bent from the perpendicular and having oppositely arranged curved arms eX- tending therefrom, a lever pivoted on the back of the plate and having a finger piece on one end and curved arms on the other end, the second pair of curved arms being adapted to cooperate with the first pair of curved arms to grasp a newspaper between them,

and a spring arranged to normally throw the curved arms together.

6. A newspaper holder comprising a suport having a plate with arms thereon, a ever pivoted on the plate and having arms on one end to cooperate with the first pair of arms, and a spring tending to normally throw the arms together.

7. A holder for newspapers comprising a pair of arms pivoted intermediate of their ends the projecting parts on one side of the pivot being for manual manipulation, the

other ends of the arms being curved in a direction substantially parallel with the pivot of the arms, and means for pressing the curved ends of the arms together.

' In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of February 1908.

JOSEPH N OYES KING. Witnesses:

FRANK L. BOPPE, E. A. PELL. 

